
Robert Rockwell
Robert Rockwell was an American stage, film, radio and television actor. He is best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television sitcom Our Miss Brooks opposite Eve Arden. A native of Lake Bluff, Illinois, Rockwell studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he obtained a master's degree. During World War II he enlisted in the US Navy for four years serving in Washington D.C. Dramatic roles often eluded him, however, after beginning his career as a contract player for Republic Studios he appeared, over his almost 50-year acting career, in more than 350 television episodes and, on stage, opposite José Ferrer in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and with Ginger Rogers during the 1960s in a San Diego production of Whitfield Cook's play A More Perfect Union. He appeared in the first Superman television show episode as Clark Kent's father, Jor-El in 1952. He appeared in a 1959 Perry Mason episode "The case of the Deadly Toy" as love interest to the defendant Claire Allison as Dick Benedict. He starred in the 1961 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Misguided Missile" as an Air Force officer court-martialled …
Acting
- 1992The Golden PalaceMr. Cochran1 ep.
- 1985Growing PainsWally Overmier8 ep.
- 1984E/RJohn Harrison1 ep.
- 1982NewhartJack Gorski2 ep.
- 1981Dynasty1 ep.
- 1979Benson1 ep.
- 1978Diff'rent Strokes5 ep.
- 1977Eight Is Enough1 ep.
- 1969The Bill Cosby ShowTom Bennett1 ep.
- 1968Here's LucyJack Scott1 ep.
- 1966Summer Fun1 ep.
- 1965Green Acres1 ep.
- 1963Petticoat Junction1 ep.
- 1962The Lucy ShowTom Bennett1 ep.
- 1961Bus Stop1 ep.
- 1960The Roaring 20's1 ep.
- 1960Surfside 61 ep.
- 1959The Man from Blackhawk37 ep.
- 1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1 ep.
- 1958Yancy DerringerPhillip Hampton1 ep.
- 1958Bronco1 ep.
- 1957Perry MasonDick Benedict5 ep.
- 1955Navy Log2 ep.
- 1955The MillionaireDolph Randolph2 ep.
- 1954Lassie5 ep.
- 1953Letter to LorettaJeb Stewart1 ep.
- 1952Our Miss BrooksPhilip Boynton130 ep.
- 1952Cavalcade of America1 ep.
- 1952Adventures of SupermanJor-El (uncredited)1 ep.
- 1951Racket Squad2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1993Beverly Hills, 90210Bill Beevis1 ep.
- 1993The Golden PalaceMr. Cochran1 ep.
- 1988Growing PainsWally Overmier8 ep.
- 1989NewhartJack Gorski2 ep.
- 1986Falcon CrestGiles Taylor1 ep.
- 1986Hardcastle and McCormick1 ep.
- 1985HunterRalph Flagg1 ep.
- 1984Dynasty1 ep.
- 1984E/RJohn Harrison1 ep.
- 1979Diff'rent StrokesTim Bishop, Tom Bishop5 ep.
- 1983Knots LandingDoctor1 ep.
- 1981Charlie's AngelsHarrison1 ep.
- 1981The Waltons1 ep.
- 1981Benson1 ep.
- 1980DallasMitchell1 ep.
- 1979Eight Is Enough1 ep.
- 1973Here's LucyJack Scott1 ep.
- 1970Petticoat Junction1 ep.
- 1969The Bill Cosby ShowTom Bennett1 ep.
- 1968Lassie5 ep.
- 1969Green Acres1 ep.
- 1966Summer Fun1 ep.
- 1959Perry MasonCole B. Troy, Dick Benedict, Ed Purvis, Everett Rixby5 ep.
- 1962The Lucy ShowTom Bennett1 ep.
- 1962Bronco1 ep.
- 1962Bus Stop1 ep.
- 1961Maverick1 ep.
- 1960Surfside 61 ep.
- 1960The Roaring 20's1 ep.
- 1959The Man from BlackhawkSam Logan1 ep.
- 1959GunsmokeMr. Philips1 ep.
- 1959Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1 ep.
- 1958Yancy DerringerPhillip Hampton1 ep.
- 1957The MillionaireDolph Randolph, Prof. Amberson Adams2 ep.
- 1958Letter to LorettaJeb Stewart1 ep.
- 1957Navy Log2 ep.
- 1955The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf1 ep.
- 1953Cavalcade of America1 ep.
- 1952Adventures of SupermanJor-El (uncredited)1 ep.
- 1951Racket Squad2 ep.
- 1951The Lone RangerRandy Tyler1 ep.
Also known as: Bob Rockwell